Be sure to use Caps for AND, OR, NOT when searching.
AND - searches for books and articles containing both terms. Example: Ireland AND monasticism
OR - searches for one of the words. Example: Irish OR ireland
NOT - exclude a term. Example: Ireland NOT "Ulster"
Parenthetical notes () - excellent for OR or NOT searches.
Example: (Irish OR lreland) AND Troubles
Example: (Ireland NOT "Ulster") AND Religion
Quotation Marks ""- Links words together in the search. Works best for phrases or proper names.
Example: "early monasticism"
Example: "third crusade"
Asterisk * - Allows you to search several word endings at once, without using OR.
Example: Monast* will yield monasticism, monastic, monasticism, monasteries, monastery, etc
Example: famil* will give you results for family and families
Warning: You may get unexpected results. Famil* includes 49 words like "familiarity"; Monast* yields about 30 words, including Monastyrishche